Donald Davis, Canadian actor who was adept in both classical and modern roles and was admired as one of the most outstanding interpreters of Samuel Beckett’s works; his signature role was the title character in Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape, for which he won an Obie award in 1960 (b. 1928?, Toronto, Ont.--d. Jan. 23, 1998, Toronto).

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